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The Political Economy of Immigration Policy
Facchini, Giovanni; Mayda, Anna Maria - Human Development Report Office, United Nations … - 2009
We analyze a newly available dataset of migration policy decisions reported by governments to the United Nations … aimed at either maintaining the status quo or at lowering the level of migration. We also document variation in migration … of destination countries’ migration policies (policies towards family reunification, temporary vs. permanent migration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008507020
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The Political Economy of International Factor Mobility
Facchini, Giovanni; Willmann, Gerald - 2012
We model the endogenous determination of policy towards international factor mobility. In a common agency setting, domestic interest groups bid for protection from the government and the incumbent politicians maximize a welfare function that depends both on domestic voters' welfare and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014070221
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The Political Economy of International Factor Mobility
Facchini, Giovanni; Willmann, Gerald - 2004
We model the endogenous determination of policy towards international factor mobility. In a common agency setting, domestic interest groups bid for protection from the government and the incumbent politicians maximize a welfare function that depends both on domestic voters' welfare and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014073703
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Asylum Seekers in Europe: The Warm Glow of a Hot Potato
Facchini, Giovanni; Lorz, Oliver; Willmann, Gerald - Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi … - 2005
The Common European Asylum System calls for increased coordination of the EU countries’ policies towards asylum seekers and refugees. In this paper, we provide a formal analysis of the effects of coordination, explicitly modelling the democratic process through which policy is determined. In a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005018073
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The political economy of trade and migration:Evidence from the U.S. Congress
Steinhardt, Max; Conconi, Paola; Facchini, Giovanni; … - 2013
barriers and comparatively liberal migration policies have made these developments possible. What drove US congressmen to … political economy of trade and migration, in this paper we find that important similarities should not be overlooked. In … to support a more open migration stance than their Republican counterparts, and the opposite is true for trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329474
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Illegal immigration and media exposure: Evidence on individual attitudes
Facchini, Giovanni; Mayda, Anna Maria; Puglisi, Riccardo - In: IZA Journal of Development and Migration 7 (2017) 14, pp. 1-36
Illegal immigration has been the focus of much debate in receiving countries, but little is known about the drivers of individual attitudes towards illegal immigrants. To study this question, we use the CCES survey, which was carried out in 2006 in the USA. We find evidence that-in addition to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012012088
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Individual attitudes towards immigrants: welfare-state determinants across countries
Facchini, Giovanni; Mayda, Anna Maria - 2006
relationships have the opposite signs in economies characterized by skilled migration (relative to the native population). Such …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263954
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Individual attitudes towards immigrants: welfare-state determinants across countries
Facchini, Giovanni; Mayda, Anna Maria - 2006
relationships have the opposite signs in economies characterized by skilled migration (relative to the native population). Such …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267885
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Do interest groups affect immigration?
Facchini, Giovanni; Mayda, Anna Maria; Mishra, Prachi - 2007
empirical evidence on this issue. To motivate our analysis, we develop a simple theoretical model where migration policy is the … relevant role in shaping migration across sectors. Barriers to migration are lower in sectors in which business lobbies incur …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268468
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From individual attitudes towards migrants to migration policy outcomes: theory and evidence
Facchini, Giovanni; Mayda, Anna Maria - 2008
analyzing patterns in public opinion on migration and find that, across countries of different income levels, only a small … minority of voters favour more open migration policies. Next we investigate the determinants of voters' preferences towards … examines how attitudes translate into a migration policy outcome. We consider two alternative political-economy frameworks: the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268876